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ESL has announced a new partnership with Gillette, who will sponsor the upcoming Intel Extreme Masters Katowice League of Legends event.  The male grooming company will sponsor the LoL portion of the event, which runs in Katowice between February 24th and 26th. Gillette will allow fans to customize Gillette razor …

As Banner Saga 3 sails past its Kickstarter goal of $200,000 in less than a week, Stoic’s technical director John Watson has told MCV that the series as a whole would not exist without the support of crowd-funding.  "Banner Saga, really, is an improbable game," Watson tells us. "It is unique …

Despite the narrative of digital sales becoming a bigger part of today’s games market, 80 per cent of new releases are bought in a box.   This is a sector within which publisher Sold Out has built its business, and it’s done it rather successfully, too. The current version of …

First title is an unnamed esports game to be revealed at GDC 2017

"Joining Playtonic now, feels like a chance to ‘be-there’ at the start of something special."

The Unicorns of Love have partnered with Lagardère Sports, the sports arm of the major media group.  The deal will see Lagardère Sports give the Unicorns a helping hand when it comes to selling media rights and acquiring sponsors, something that the group has done for multiple sports teams.  "We …

Several workshops to be held throughout 2017 under The 22% Project banner

ESL has announced that its ESL Play app is now available on iOS and Android devices.  The app is now available to devices worldwide, after extensive mobile testing. The app allows people to sign up for tournament across 50 games and will also offer other features such as logging results …

"We at Insomniac Games stand united in strongly opposing President Trump's immigration ban."

The Splinter Cell movie has been in the works for years and is now back in the headlines – or so it seems. Producer Basil Iwanyk, who previously worked on the likes of John Wick and The Expendables, gave an interview to Collider about the upcoming adaptation of Ubisoft’s popular …